{"id":5853,"date":"2025-02-19T16:49:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=5853"},"modified":"2025-03-06T11:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:11:19","slug":"call-for-nominations-wbu-womens-empowerment-award-2025","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/?news=call-for-nominations-wbu-womens-empowerment-award-2025","title":{"rendered":"Call for Nominations \u2013 WBU Women\u2019s Empowerment Award 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Blind Union\u2019s Womens Committee is now accepting nominations for the\u00a0<strong>Women\u2019s Empowerment Award<\/strong>, an esteemed recognition granted to a woman who is blind or partially sighted and has made a significant impact in empowering other women. This award will be presented at the\u00a0<strong>WBU General Assembly in 2025<\/strong>\u00a0and includes a monetary prize of\u00a0<strong>$1,000 USD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Criteria:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The nominee must be a woman who is blind or partially sighted.<\/li>\n<li>The nominee must have demonstrated outstanding contributions to the empowerment of women who are blind or partially sighted.<\/li>\n<li>The award is granted to individuals only (not organizations).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Nomination Process:<\/strong>\u00a0Nominations may be submitted by individuals, groups, or national members. The nominator does not need to be a WBU member.<\/p>\n<p>A complete nomination package must include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A completed nomination form.<\/li>\n<li>A minimum of\u00a0<strong>two (2)<\/strong>\u00a0supporting letters (maximum of four).<\/li>\n<li>A biography of the nominee (<strong>250 words max<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>A statement supporting the nomination (<strong>1,000 words max<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Deadline:<\/strong>\u00a0April 1, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Submission Details:<\/strong>\u00a0All applications must be submitted in\u00a0<strong>MS Word format<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>English, French, or Spanish<\/strong>\u00a0and sent via email to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"mailto:info@wbu.ngo\">info@wbu.ngo<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Download the nomination form and apply today!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Nomination-Form-for-Womens-Empowerment-Award-1.docx\">English Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Formulaire-de-candidature-en-ligne-pour-lautonomisation-des-femmes-2025-FR.docx\">French Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldblindunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Formulario-de-nominacio\u0301n-Distincio\u0301n-al-Empoderamiento-de-Mujeres.docx\">Spanish Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The World Blind Union\u2019s Womens Committee is now accepting nominations for the\u00a0Women\u2019s Empowerment Award, an esteemed recognition granted to a woman who is blind or partially sighted and has made a significant impact in empowering other women. This award will be presented at the\u00a0WBU General Assembly in 2025\u00a0and includes a monetary prize of\u00a0$1,000 USD. Eligibility&#8230; <a class=\"view-article\" href=\"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/?news=call-for-nominations-wbu-womens-empowerment-award-2025\">View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[8],"newstags":[],"class_list":["post-5853","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","category-nouvelles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/news\/5853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5853"},{"taxonomy":"newstags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbuarchived.mydev.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fnewstags&post=5853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}